Top 10 ’90s Action Movies

Top 10 lists will be a list of 10 movies that will be published once a week and will either have to do with a movie coming out that week or just what I want to do at the time.

At the end of my Top 10 Sci-fi Movies list last week, I teased a possible Top 10 Will Smith or a Top 10 something involving Christmas. After a week of what I’m sure was much anticipation for you all, I’m here to announce I’ve decided to go with… neither of those. I found a much more fun list to go with this week- Top 10 ’90s Action Movies. This is obviously because of the release of the dreadful looking, incredibly unnecessary remake of a nearly perfect ’90s action movie- Point Break. Where does the original end up on the list? Find out below.

10. The Professional… or Leon… or Leon: The Professional

– The title of this movie varies depending on who you ask. Its greatness does not.

9. The Last Boy Scout

– Ahh ’90s Bruce Willis at his best. This is one of the funniest movies on this list. It’s a great buddy cop movie as well.

8. True Lies

– Arnold Schwarzenegger throwing out great one liners and flying a jet trying to stop a nuke from going off. What more do you want?

7. Point Break

– “Woah dude”… This one ended up being a lot lower than I figured it would. The cheesy greatness is surpassed by the rest of these, but only by a small margin.

6. Bad Boys

– Like or hate Michael Bay, movies like this, and another on this list, are where he excels as a director. Will Smith and Martin Lawrence have great chemistry in this one.

5. Speed

– If Point Break introduced Keanu Reeves as a terrible actor as an action star, this one perfected it. It might not make a lick of sense, but it’s still amazing.

4. The Rock

– Back to Michael Bay. Not only does he excel at making movies like this, he can also bring a decent performance out of Nicolas Cage. So, Bay is basically a miracle worker.

3. Die Hard: With a Vengeance

– The best of the Die Hard sequels, this one features a great team up of Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson running around New York City playing a very adult game of Simon Says.

2. Independence Day

– Though it is more of a sci-fi film, this is the epitome of a ’90s action movie. From the one liners to the fact that they beat the aliens with a computer virus uploaded from a Mac, this is a great popcorn flick.

1. Terminator 2: Judgement Day

– No surprise here. It takes what the first movie did so well and made it even better. One of the best sequels ever, and the best action movie of the ’90s.